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Basketball - NBC SportsThu, 22 Feb 2018 04:30:53 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: gostlcards5http://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/03/04/jermaine-oneal-treating-this-season-like-its-his-last/comment-page-1/#comment-283864
Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:22:11 +0000http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=696365#comment-283864Always loved JO when he was with the Pacers. Clearly, what happened in Detroit was out of character. Not surprising from Artest and Jackson, but it certainly was from JO. Unfortunately, it was also inexcusable.

The worst part is that two franchise icons (Reggie and JO) did not get a real chance at a title, in a year where the Pacers were serious contenders.

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Wed, 05 Mar 2014 02:39:05 +0000http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=696365#comment-283600Am I wrong? At least not on that Warriors team.
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Tue, 04 Mar 2014 22:16:33 +0000http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=696365#comment-283491The plain fact is that Artest and Jack are just flat out crazy, and if you put enough of that in a room, it ignites. What happened was inevitable, either that night or some other.
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Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:40:06 +0000http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=696365#comment-283412He’s absolutely right, that Pacer team was jobbed out of a title by David Stern. Yes, Indian’s players were in the wrong, but so were some Pistons, Palace security, NBA officiating, and the idiotic fan who lit the powder keg. I watched that game, it was chippy, and there was a lot of anger on the court that night and in the stands. Throwing a drink on Artest was like throwing a match on gasoline.

Had a big market team been involved in that brawl at the Palace there’s no doubt in my mind that the penalties would have been less severe. Stern didn’t just penalize a few individual Pacers for the fight at the Palace, he penalized a fan base and any real fan of basketball who likes watching the best in the world play the game.

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Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:13:05 +0000http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=696365#comment-283397not begrudging the guy for making as much as he did but just pointing out the facts. he as never the same player after leaving the same player after the pacers and was always injured. how many teams has he played for since? how many games has he played in? enogh to justify what he has been paid since his pacers days?
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Tue, 04 Mar 2014 18:42:36 +0000http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=696365#comment-283383Well sadly it looks like he’s gonna have to retire without that Championship
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Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:17:34 +0000http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=696365#comment-283357The huge mistake of his career was NOT signing in San Antonio in 2003. They were just off the Ch’ip, and Robinson was retiring. They had MAX money to offer. He could have slipped in right next to Duncan and won a couple of rings. Instead, he re-signed with Indy, Bird fired the coach he loved IMMEDIATELY, and he slipped into obscurity.
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Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:56:13 +0000http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=696365#comment-283352chamionship or not the guy made a great living off his tar years with the pacers. just think of all the millions he made from teams dumb enough to give him based on what he had done with the pacers even though all he did after he left was have surgery. he should have named a kid after the team that set him up for life.
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Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:34:01 +0000http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=696365#comment-283343So right. I remember my Pistons going at it with Indiana in the ECF and O’Neal in the post was one scary dude. Seems he wasn’t the same after his knee problem. Respect.
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Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:30:42 +0000http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=696365#comment-283340He’s contributed as a role player much longer than I thought he would. Alot of guys that are stars and put up the big numbers can’t transition to a smaller role when injuries and age impact their play. Good on him for the way he has extended his career and been willing to change roles.
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Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:03:42 +0000http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=696365#comment-283327Was automatic with the post-moves and jumper while in Indiana. Malace in the Palace + offseason surgeries derailed his career
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